Chapter 12: Case Scenario Answers

Case Scenario: Managing Network Printers

  1. You can use Windows Server 2008 R2 as a print server. If you install each of the network printers and then share them, users can connect to the Windows Server 2008 R2 computer and submit print jobs to the server. The server can then manage the print queues for each of the printers.

  2. You can create custom filters that match printers with problems and then configure an email notification to be sent to an administrator. Alternatively, you can use the notification to run a script or an executable file that is integrated into a custom management infrastructure.

  3. Windows Server 2008 R2 supports using permissions to control which users can print to and manage printers. You can deny ...

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